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ReviewRNA biology2015

Splicing diversity revealed by reduced spliceosomes in C. merolae and other organisms.

Andrew J Hudson, Martha R Stark, Naomi M Fast, Anthony G Russell, Stephen D Rader

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Review in RNA biology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Andrew J Hudsona Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute and Department of Biological Sciences ; University of Lethbridge ; Lethbridge , Alberta , Canada.
Martha R Starkb Department of Chemistry ; University of Northern British Columbia ; Prince George , British Columbia , Canada.
Naomi M Fastc Biodiversity Research Center and Department of Botany ; University of British Columbia ; Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada.
Anthony G Russella Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute and Department of Biological Sciences ; University of Lethbridge ; Lethbridge , Alberta , Canada.
Stephen D Raderb Department of Chemistry ; University of Northern British Columbia ; Prince George , British Columbia , Canada.
University of Lethbridge · CAUniversity of Northern British Columbia · CAUniversity of British Columbia · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pre-mRNA splicing has been considered one of the hallmarks of eukaryotes, yet its diversity is astonishing: the number of substrate introns for splicing ranges from hundreds of thousands in humans to a mere handful in certain parasites. The catalytic machinery that carries out splicing, the spliceosome, is similarly diverse, with over 300 associated proteins in humans to a few tens in other organisms. In this Point of View, we discuss recent work characterizing the reduced spliceosome of the acidophilic red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae, which further highlights the diversity of splicing in that it does not possess the U1 snRNP that is characteristically responsible for 5' splice site recognition. Comparisons to other organisms with reduced spliceosomes, such as microsporidia, trypanosomes, and Giardia, help to identify the most highly conserved splicing factors, pointing to the essential core of this complex machine. These observations argue for increased exploration of important biochemical processes through study of a wider ranger of organisms.

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AnimalsCatalysisEvolution, MolecularGiardia lambliaHumansIntronsRhodophytaRNA PrecursorsRNA, Small NuclearRNA SplicingSpliceosomesRNA PrecursorsRNA, Small Nuclearalgaevolutionintronmicrosporidianprotistreduced spliceosomesmall nuclear RNAspliceosomespliceosome catalytic corespliceosome diversity

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PMID26400738
PMCPMC4829280
OpenAlexW2180026482

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